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Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says when the legislature resumes sitting next week he’ll set up an all-party committee to “engage with communities and experts on how the 45-year-old [Police Act] can be modernized.

A man died Friday after falling into the river at BC Ferries’ Richmond maintenance facility. The man was working at the Fleet Maintenance Unit on Rice Mill Road, just west of the George Massey Tunnel, when he fell into the Fraser River.

Utilities commission is looking into why people in Powell River are paying more for gasoline, says energy minister Bruce Ralston

A virtual food bank held in April and May brought in more than $85,000 for four food banks on the Sunshine Coast to meet increased demand during the COVID-19 crisis.

Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) directors remain divided over a proposed development in Halfmoon Bay above the highway meant to make it easier to blend business, farming and rural living.

District hopes to continue Business Watch under new name

A second public hearing has been scheduled to address short-term rentals in the rural areas of the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD).

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Sunshine Coast Tourism (SCT) is preparing to reopen the Visitor Information Centres in Sechelt and Gibsons and has launched a campaign to encourage Coasters to explore their own backyards as the province begins to move towards the next phase of the g

A lack of oversight for small tugs has been highglighted in a report on the sinking of the Sheena M near Langdale last October.